Transvaal
This is the evocative region of South Africa formerly known as the Transvaal. Named after being on the other (trans) side of the Vaal river from the Cape, it is fabled for its grassland, savanna and karroid (Karoo) vegetation. The post-apartheid government split this region into multiple provinces: Gauteng, North-West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The short-story writer and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman wrote many short stories set in the Groot Marico district of the Transvaal.
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Ximenia caffra
Typha capensis
Triumfetta sonderi
Wahlenbergia virgata
Tripteris aghillana var. aghillana
Vernonia oligocephala
Trachyandra saltii
Ursinia nana
Turbina oblongata
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Taxonomy term
Drimia sanguinea
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From the Latin sanguis = 'blood'; generally referring to the colour blood-red.
Eriosema burkei
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Named in after Joseph Burke (1812-1873) who travelled to the Transvaal with Zeyher in 1840.
Eriosema cordatum
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From the Latin cordatus = ‘heart-shaped’; usually referring to the leaf shape
Eulophia angolensis
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From Angola
Eulophia cooperi
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Named in honour of English botanist Thomas Cooper (1815-1913). He collected many plants in the Drakensberg mountains
Euphorbia aeruginosa
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Latin reffering to the plant's green-rust colour.
Euphorbia cooperi
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Named in honour of English botanist Thomas Cooper (1815-1913). He collected many plants in the Drakensberg mountains
Euphorbia enormis
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Latin meaning abnormal.
Euphorbia grandialata
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From the Latin grandis = 'large' and 'alata' = wing-like in reference to the broad wing-like angles.
Euphorbia griseola
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From the Latin 'griseola' meaning greyish
Euphorbia griseola subsp. griseola
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From the Latin 'griseola' meaning greyish
Euphorbia ingens
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Latin meaning huge or large